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# I was going to say I'd only click this once I'd seen all 6 million collars,
but that would have been cruel. I clicked it anyway. Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:27, archived)
# for i = 1 to 6,000,000
neck.add(collar)
next i
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:30, archived)
# I cast thee out, iteration.
I've been doing enough of them the past couple of days.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:32, archived)
# i would like to make it clear that i was writing pseudocode
and not v****l b***c

that's important
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:43, archived)
# Glad to hear it.
My poison is Matlab.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:44, archived)
# matlab has the best console of anything ever
i will be working with a bit of matlab this week, by a curious coincidence
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:51, archived)
# You know matlab?
Me your frieeeeeend?

I'm stuck with Origin 6.0 which, incidentally, sucks donkey balls.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53, archived)
# not much, alas
i write the odd bit of code that occasionally gets mex'd. the limited experience i've had with it has been fun though
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55, archived)
# The manual left me feeling completely lost.
There was no easy way into it.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:00, archived)
# i doubt i could tell you anything helpful, alas
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:18, archived)
# It's surprisingly easy to use.
I'm not really a computer geek, I'm a physicist, but we occasionally have to program for data analysis and things.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53, archived)
# bah! matlab is okay, but python is better. except for maths, maybe. although there is Numeric.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:55, archived)
# i prefer ruby to python
the whitespace-as-syntax thing does my head in
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:56, archived)
# Well, blocks do MY head in:
"hello".each do |c| {
print c
}

or something. I dunno. Blocks!
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:04, archived)
# i did smalltalk before i'd heard of either of em
which probably explains the bias. i'd be quite happy to write either, to be fair
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:09, archived)
# But what sort of language!
for i in range(1, 6000000):

or

every i := 1 to 6000000 do
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:46, archived)
# that's an open exercise for the reader
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:53, archived)
# Sucks almost as much as this:
H = -2J1(SA.SB)-2J2(SA.SC+SA.SD+SB.SC+SB.SD)

Of course, when J1 is greater than ~75 K, it all goes to shite.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:49, archived)
# thermodynamics?
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:56, archived)
# Magnetism
It describes the energy levels in two systems I'm investigating. One has four copper atoms and has six energy states, which Origin 6 pro can deal with on a decent computer. The other has four mixed-valence manganese atoms and has 110 energy states, which make Origin shut down without a chance to save your work.
Crappy.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 19:59, archived)
# Just write it out on the back of a napkin.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:01, archived)
# Pretty big napkin...
Of course, when you've worked out each energy level, you have to input each one into the Van Vleck-Dirac-Heisenberg equation to calculate the susceptibility.
which is just what I was saying to the vicar the other day...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:05, archived)
# Sounds like you have a rather enjoyable evening ahead of you.
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:08, archived)
# This is correct.
(I helped save b3ta! Mod Edit, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:07, archived)
# Hmmm. Sounds interesting. Like an enzyme active site. I think photosystem II has 4 Mn atoms.
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:10, archived)
# I might have worked on that
But it's a different system I'm on at the moment...
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Mon 25 Feb 2008, 20:43, archived)